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The Atomic City girls [sound recording] / by Beard, Janet,author.(CARDINAL)351795; Sands, Xe,narrator.(CARDINAL)356794;
Performed by Xe Sands.In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesn't officially exist. There, June joins hundreds of other young girls operating massive machines whose purpose is never explained. When the bombing of Hiroshima brings the truth about Oak Ridge into focus, June must confront her ideals about loyalty, patriotism, and war itself.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Women employees; World War, 1939-1945; Women; Uranium enrichment; Official secrets; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The Atomic City girls [sound recording] : a novel / by Beard, Janet,author.(CARDINAL)351795; Sands, Xe,narrator.(CARDINAL)356794;
Read by Xe Sands.In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesn't officially exist. Oak Ridge, Tennessee has sprung up in a matter of months, a town of trailers and segregated houses, 24-hour cafeterias, and constant security checks. There, June joins hundreds of other young girls operating massive machines whose purpose is never explained. They know they are helping to win the war, but must ask no questions and reveal nothing to outsiders.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Women employees; World War, 1939-1945; Women; Uranium enrichment; Official secrets; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / by Kiernan, Denise.;
Subjects: Interviews.; Women employees; Women; Uranium enrichment; World War, 1939-1945; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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The Atomic City girls [audio-enabled device] by Beard, Janet,author.(CARDINAL)351795; Sands, Xe,narrator.(CARDINAL)356794; Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268; Playaway Digital Audio.(CARDINAL)565887;
Performed by Xe Sands."In November 1944, eighteen-year-old June Walker boards an unmarked bus, destined for a city that doesn't officially exist. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has sprung up in a matter of months -- a town of trailers and segregated houses, twenty-four-hour cafeterias, and constant security checks. There, June joins hundreds of other young women operating massive machines whose purpose is never explained. They know they are helping to win the war, but must ask no questions and reveal nothing to outsiders. The girls spend their evenings socializing and flirting with soldiers, scientists, and workmen at dances and movies, bowling alleys and canteens. June longs to know more about their top-secret assignment and begins an affair with Sam Cantor, the young Jewish physicist from New York who oversees the lab where she works and understands the end goal only too well, while her beautiful roommate Cici is on her own mission: to find a wealthy husband and escape her sharecropper roots. Across town, African American construction worker Joe Brewer knows nothing of the government's plans, only that his new job pays enough to make it worth leaving his beloved family back home in Alabama, at least for now. But a breach in security will intertwine his fate with June's search for answers. When the bombing of Hiroshima brings the truth about Oak Ridge into devastating focus, June must confront her ideals about loyalty, patriotism, and war itself"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Playaway.; Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Manhattan Project (U.S.); Official secrets; Uranium enrichment; Women employees; Women; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Environmental assessment of urgent-relief acceptance of foreign research reactor spent nuclear fuel. by United States.Department of Energy.(CARDINAL)136200;
Includes bibliographical references (page LIT1-LIT10).In April 1994 the Department of Energy decided to ship 409 spent fuel elements containing highly enriched uranium from Europe through Sunny Point, North Carolina, to interim storage at the Savannah River Site. This is the environmental assessment for that decision.
Subjects: Radioactive waste disposal; Radioactive waste disposal; Highly enriched uranium.; Nuclear fuels;
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The girls of Atomic City [sound recording] : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / by Kiernan, Denise,author.(CARDINAL)346091; Campbell, Cassandra,narrator.(CARDINAL)347921;
Read by Cassandra Campbell.During World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. Thousands of civilians, mostly young women, were recruited, enticed by solid wages and war-ending work. Few would guess the true nature of the work done there. That is, until the end of the war and the secret was revealed. Interviewing the women who lived it, the author captures the spirit of the times through them: their pluck, desire to contribute, and enduring courage.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Women employees; Women; Uranium enrichment; Official secrets; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / by Kiernan, Denise,author.(CARDINAL)346091;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-347) and index.Revelation, August 1945. -- Everything Will Be Taken Care Of: train to Nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy: the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942. -- Peaches and Pearls: the Taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy: Ida and the atom, 1934. -- Through the Gates: Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy: Lise and fission, 1938. -- Bull Pens and Creeps: the Projects Welcome for New Employees. Tubealloy: Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942. -- Only Temporary: Spring into Summer, 1944. Tubealloy: the quest for product. -- To Work. Tubealloy: the couriers. -- Rhythms of Life. Tubealloy: Security, censorship, and the press. -- The One About the Fireflies. Tubealloy: pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944. -- The Unspoken: Sweethearts and Secrets. Tubealloy: combining efforts in the New Year. -- Curiosity and Silence. Tubealloy: the project's crucial spring. -- Innocence Lost. Tubealloy: hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945. -- Sand Jumps in the Desert, July 1945 -- The Gadget Revealed -- Dawn of a Thousand Suns -- Life in the New Age.This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities. All knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today.
Subjects: Biographies.; Interviews.; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Women employees; Women; Uranium enrichment; Official secrets; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The girls of Atomic City : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / by Kiernan, Denise.(CARDINAL)346091;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-347) and index.Looks at the valuable contributions made by the thousands of women who worked at a secret uranium-enriching facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II.
Subjects: Biographies.; Interviews.; Women.; Womyn.; Official secrets; Uranium enrichment; Women employees; Women; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 86 / Total copies: 101
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The girls of Atomic City [large print] : the untold story of the women who helped win World War II / by Kiernan, Denise.(CARDINAL)346091;
Includes bibliographical references.Revelation, August 1945 -- Everything will be taken care of : train to nowhere, August 1943. Tubealloy : the Bohemian Grove to the Appalachian Hills, September 1942 -- Peaches and pearls : the taking of Site X, Fall 1942. Tubealloy : Ida and the atom, 1934 -- Through the gates : Clinton Engineer Works, Fall 1943. Tubealloy : Lise and fission, 1938 -- Bull pens and creeps : the Project's welcome for new employees. Tubealloy : Leona and success in Chicago, December 1942 -- Only temporary : spring into Summer, 1944. Tubealloy : the quest for product -- To work. Tubealloy : the couriers -- Rhythms of life. Tubealloy : Security, censorship, and the press -- The one about fireflies. Tubealloy : pumpkins, spies, and chicken soup, Fall 1944 -- The unspoken : sweethearts and secrets. Tubealloy : combining efforts in the New Year -- Curiosity and silence. Tubealloy : the project's crucial spring -- Innocence lost. Tubealloy : hope and the haberdasher, April-May 1945 -- Sand jumps in the desert, July 1945 -- The gadget revealed -- Dawn of a thousand suns -- Life in the new age.In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. The Tennessee town of Oak Ridge was created from scratch in 1942. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it did not appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it was using more electricity than New York City and was home to more than 75,000 people, many of them young women recruited from small towns across the South. Their jobs were shrouded in mystery, but they were buoyed by a sense of shared purpose, close friendships, and a surplus of handsome scientists and Army men. But against this wartime backdrop, a darker story was unfolding. The penalty for talking about their work, even the most innocuous details, was job loss and eviction. One woman was recruited to spy on her coworkers. They all knew something big was happening at Oak Ridge, but few could piece together the true nature of their work until the bomb "Little Boy" was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, and the secret was out. The shocking revelation: the residents of Oak Ridge were enriching uranium for the atomic bomb. Though the young women originally believed they would leave Oak Ridge after the war, many met husbands there, made lifelong friends, and still call the seventy-year-old town home. The reverberations from their work there, work they did not fully understand at the time, are still being felt today.
Subjects: Biographies.; Interviews.; Large print books.; Official secrets; Uranium enrichment; Women employees; Women; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 19
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Countdown to Zero Day : Stuxnet and the launch of the world's first digital weapon / by Zetter, Kim.(CARDINAL)657659;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran's nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare--one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb. In January 2010, inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency noticed that centrifuges at an Iranian uranium enrichment plant were failing at an unprecedented rate. The cause was a complete mystery--apparently as much to the technicians replacing the centrifuges as to the inspectors observing them. Then, five months later, a seemingly unrelated event occurred: A computer security firm in Belarus was called in to troubleshoot some computers in Iran that were crashing and rebooting repeatedly. At first, the firm's programmers believed the malicious code on the machines was a simple, routine piece of malware. But as they and other experts around the world investigated, they discovered a mysterious virus of unparalleled complexity. They had, they soon learned, stumbled upon the world's first digital weapon. For Stuxnet, as it came to be known, was unlike any other virus or worm built before: Rather than simply hijacking targeted computers or stealing information from them, it escaped the digital realm to wreak actual, physical destruction on a nuclear facility. In these pages, Wired journalist Kim Zetter draws on her extensive sources and expertise to tell the story behind Stuxnet's planning, execution, and discovery, covering its genesis in the corridors of Bush's White House and its unleashing on systems in Iran--and telling the spectacular, unlikely tale of the security geeks who managed to unravel a sabotage campaign years in the making. But Countdown to Zero Day ranges far beyond Stuxnet itself. Here, Zetter shows us how digital warfare developed in the US. She takes us inside today's flourishing zero-day "grey markets," in which intelligence agencies and militaries pay huge sums for the malicious code they need to carry out infiltrations and attacks. She reveals just how vulnerable many of our own critical systems are to Stuxnet-like strikes, from nation-state adversaries and anonymous hackers alike--and shows us just what might happen should our infrastructure be targeted by such an attack. Propelled by Zetter's unique knowledge and access, and filled with eye-opening explanations of the technologies involved, Countdown to Zero Day is a comprehensive and prescient portrait of a world at the edge of a new kind of war. "--"This story of the virus that destroyed Iran's nuclear centrifuges, by top cybersecurity journalist Kim Zetter, shows that the door has been opened on a new age of warfare--one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb dropped from an airplane"--
Subjects: Case studies.; United States.; Cyberspace operations (Military science); Network-centric operations (Military science); Network-centric operations (Military science); Computer crimes; Rootkits (Computer software); Uranium enrichment; Sabotage; Nuclear arms control; Nuclear nonproliferation;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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